Legal Studies

This course teaches how a common law jurisdiction like the United States approach the problem of torts—accidental and other harms that occur between private individuals and how this law has developed and changed over the years.

This course focuses on trust law in Taiwan and under English law. The first half of the course focuses on general legal framework and doctrines of trust law under English law (from which trust law originates) and Taiwan law. The second half of the course focuses on the application of trust. Through case studies and voluntary group/individual presentations, the course reviews different potential applications of trust in the market.

This is an introduction to the fundamental importance of law in everyday commerce in the common law world. The course deals with the common law approach to law, its creation, dynamic development, and practical application to business, focusing on two of the most important areas regulating business obligations: contract law and negligence. It also deals with risk evaluation and the capacity to influence, develop, and change the law itself. 

In this course, students study the contested dynamics of police-work and policing, classic and contemporary research on policing, and nature of contemporary debates on policing and the police.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course provides detailed knowledge of 12 major areas of corporate law, including references to comparative and European aspects.

The course covers the following topics:

1. introduction to corporate law;

2. corporate forms and incorporation;

3. separate legal personality;

4. limited shareholder liability;

5. shares and shareholders' rights;

6. the general meeting;

7. the board of directors;

8. directors' duties;

9. legal capital;

10. corporate groups.

At the end of the course, students: understand the structure and function of corporate law; possess an in-depth knowledge of the principles applicable to 12 areas of corporate law; understand differences between corporate laws of three jurisdictions; are familiar with corporate law practice through case analysis.

This course introduces the core aspects of the criminal justice system, including criminology (the study of the causes of crime), policing, law enforcement, criminal investigation, decisions regarding arrest and detention, prosecution, trial, criminal justice policy, due process and human rights protection, and victimology. It is designed for undergraduate students and is taught using a case-method-like approach, incorporating commonly encountered real-life cases to help students better understand the entire criminal justice system at the undergraduate level. This course is suitable for undergraduate students who are exploring career paths in the police, courts, or prosecution, or those preparing for admission to law school. The goal of this course is to examine the meaning and justification of the concept of crime and its legal effect(punishment); to encourage students to think about the process and meaning of criminal justice and what is needed for a fair criminal justice system; and to help students to formulate their own standards for what punishment is appropriate for a crime through individual cases. 

The Egyptian legal system is considered according to its present structure and historical development including institutions, processes, laws, and the courts. There is special emphasis on developments in constitutional law and the role played by the constitution in the political context of present day Egypt. The course also offers an introduction to Islamic jurisprudence in the classical doctrine, in the pre-modern Egyptian legal system, and in contemporary Egypt.

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor. The course focuses on the following themes: 

• International contest, international organization (historical view, present rules)
• European contest, single market (from 1951 to the present), Law and legal systems
• Regulatory framework of specific sectors: organization, European agencies, rules, assessment of market structures and European regulation

At the end of the module, students: are familiar with the forms and legal disciplines applicable to public intervention in the economy, with regard to relations between State and market, in the European legal order; know how to apply the relevant legal rules in simple factual situations and how to identify the interaction between various sources of European law, in particular Treaty and directives.

This course provides an overview of the major human rights treaties, customary norms, international institutions, and mechanisms of enforcement, while at the same time encouraging a critical stance, which questions the role and effect of human rights in a world of distress and inequality.

Course content includes the theoretical foundations of comparative law, detailed comparisons of major legal systems, international and transnational legal issues, social justice, the impact of emerging technologies on law, and environmental law related to sustainable development.